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Saturday, 28 July 2018

Gale Of Defection And 2019 Election; Buhari Will Win Landslide Even On Sickbed-Amaechi

In What looks more like arrogating confidence in victory, the minister of transport, Mr Rotimi Ameachi on Friday claims President Mohammadu Buhari would win in Sokoto, Kano and Bauchi state in the 2019 general election even if Buhari is on a sick bed. Adding that with or without those governors that have defected and those speculated to defect. “Says Sokoto state Governor Aminu Tambuwal on his own, has presidential ambition he intends pursuing.

The minister told journalists that although he did not wish to speak about political matters, he was sure that despite the defection by the APC members at the National Assembly, the party would win the 2019 presidential election.

When told that the APC might be heading for a collapse considering the gale of defection in the party, the minister said, “That’s according to you. Look, you are not a politician so you can’t be commenting on what you don’t know. In fact, let’s look at it. Unfortunately, I don’t want to speak about this but you are putting me under pressure.

“However, no matter what you do, the Governor of Sokoto will leave naturally. He has the ambition to be president. If you take a chicken to him he will still go. The same with Kwara. These are people you expect that they will leave.”

He said, “On those that defected at the House of Representatives and Senate, where do they come from? They come from areas that the President is comfortable. Do you honestly believe that the President will lose an election in Sokoto? We are not God, but it’s one of his comfort zones.

“If you bring the President on a sick bed to Bauchi and Kano, he will win and he has never lost an election in Bauchi. But that is a bit arrogant on our side; we should not underestimate them.

“I am not God. It is only God who can say the APC will win or not. But what is clear is that if you remove the God element, I think we are prepared to coast to victory because Nigerians will certainly reject the second looting. Nigeria can’t survive the second looting. Never!”

He said the delay by the opposition party to name its candidate for the presidential election about six months to the election would work in favour of the ruling party.